Norwalk Chronicler

Evening sentinel, Tuesday, February 24, 1891 · page 3

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m has in the capital City of Ohio.

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1. the palilsbers of The Sunday World and
was Sunday Capital of this city. Col. W.
'J'. Eliott, editor of The Capital, shot and
Mautly was um Osborne, city ed.
its"! The World. ’W. L. Hughes, an old
"than who was standing nearby, was

W’splatol.
1 A lewapaper War.

Two‘ weeks ago The World made charges
I“ Elliott's family, insinuating that
:1 afemals relative of Elliott was not what

girl should be.

" r‘ lllott retaliated on the' following Sun—
’ day with a four column article, charging
‘ I. W. Levering, editor of The World, with
being put proprietorof a disorderly house,
his associate being a woman named Lou
Burton. Levering is an assistant state

dl' inspector and minent in litica

The charges, therefgr'; created a pgfouud
. Veenmtion. 'l'hecharges against Levering

'ako implicated Claude Meeker, Governor

Campbell’s private secretary. levering

and his city editor, Mr. Osborne, retaliated

. Sundaywithasenaationalarticle, charging

Elliott with nearly all the crimes on the

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A Three Cornered Combat.

It was feared bythefriends of the parties
that a meeting between them wouldre—
suitinhnstilities more deadlythaathoae
nap-per. Thefearsprovedto beonlytoo
well founded Late Monday afternoon
W andhia brother, Patrick, met City
Editor Osborne, of The World, in High
street near Schrader’s saloon. Patrick
Elliottatonczdrcw his revolverand fired
at,0a|lorne,, _ w oqulcklympondsd. Edito' r
macaw then came to hisbrother's
aid and two revolvers were cracking at

PatrickElliott started to run, followed
e, Osborne being followed by

W. J. Elliott,“ three men emptying their
revolvas as rapidly as possible. One of
theshota from W. J. Elliott's gun grazed
Osborne’s arm and he turned and fired at

the former. The shot missed its mark, and’

Osborne tied into Malcolm McDonald’s bat
store. As he did so he turnedandfired
again at W. J. Elliott. The latter fired his
weapon almost simultaneously, and the
shot took effect in Osborne's chin. it went
clear through his mouth, upward and
backward through the brain, and came
out at the base of the skull.
A Hand to Hand Ineounter.
, Elliott had. followed Osborne into the
1‘ atom, and as he tired the last shot grappled
withhi‘m. In the scuffle which followed
. both theirgnns were discharged, and Da-
borne fell to the floor dead, although the
lastshot, it is said. did not take sheet in
dther man, the ball which caused 0a
borne‘s death having entered his face as he
came in through the doorway. Osborne
fellupon a large pile of boxes containing
Into, and as the weight of his body caused
theboxea to collapse they engulfedhim,
completely covering him. Elliott retreat
edouttbefront door and disappeared in
the crowd with the revolver in his hand
A Bystander Instantly lulled.

W. L. Bushes. I highly respected citi-
am and formerly steward of the imbecile
asylum, was standing on the pavement
watching the formation of the parade. He
wu struck during the running battle.
The‘hall entered Hughcs’ head immediate
ly over the left eye, and he dropped upon
the iron grating in front of Arnho's restau-
rant, expiring instantly. Patrick Elliott
wasnhotlntheback and arm and has a
frightfulwoundontop of thehead. The
physicians are as yet unable to determine
how serious his wounds are. .

'l'w. Other Hon Wounded.

Twoother men areknownto have re
solved wounds C. lg. WES,“ I: clerk in
thumployofC.C. riaw wilepssn
themwasshotln the left arm. The
othsrwass young student named Gard-
nlrhwho received a bullet in the left leg.
Bartel other persons are reported as
slightly injured, but were hastily carried

. W. J. Elliott was at mums stats
supervisor-of printing, and taken an
in politics. Be is a personal
Charles Stewart Parnell, the
Both the Elliott: are now

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llllott was seen at the station
lie said: “At the corner of Gay
1 met Pat, my brother, and we
ill on High street. When
’ gun store l said to Pat that
a pistol in there togetltdxad
week More. and that I believed l
in and get It. When the nigger
the pistol l put it into my pocket,
looking to see whether the fellow
ltornot. Westsrtedonsouth,
if we met lever-lag to drop
neither of as would pay
him. i did not expect to

he never comes up town for
after he writes anybody up.

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Editors Engage in a
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this W‘mwu ilor In Isn-

ma, Feb. fl—vA horrible tragedy
occurred-herein which two men were
killed and several wounded by a fusillade
«pistol shots. The terrible affair was

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whoatartedtoretreat, firlngaahe find.

Dead on the floor.

thnthe police entered the bat store

they found Osborne lyingdaad on the floor.

Three revolvers have been found, but 0s-

borne’sis not ong them. Two of them

7 to the , and are

empty. The police are anxious to find the
owner of the third.

Every chamber is loaded, and the police
believe it was held by some fourth petty.
yet unknown. There were altogether four.
teen shots fired. Patrick Elliott says Hr.
Hughes was killed by Osborne, while eye
witnesses claim that W. J. Elliott shot
Hughes. W..l. Elliott said that hedid
not regrettbe death «Osborne lathelraat
but would rather have served twenty years
of his life in the penitentiary than to be in-
directly the conse of Mr. Hughes’ death.
Public sentiment is strongly against the
Elliotts, and threats of lynching are heard
from all sides. The station house is heav-
ily guarded.

THE NEWS Is 1 BRIEF.

Condensed Telegrams Gathered at Inn-

donr from Various Places.
Representative Sherman. of New Yuk,
has prepared the report of the house com-
mittee on the census. adverse tothe resolu-
tion introduced by RepresentativeFlowcr,
directing the secretary of the inferior to
make a new enumeration of the «city of
New York, and recommending that the
Flower resolution lie on the table.

A Brooklyn paper states that Secretary.
of the Navy Tracy was adored theaecre
tary of the treasury, but declined it.

The Cleveland League Bluebell club has

 
 
 

 

signed Pitcher Kuauss, who was under 3

contract to play for Columbus next season.
Knanss' association contract provided that
he was to play under the rules and pro-
visions of the national agreement, and
lawyers who examined the document pro-
nounce it null and void after the associa-
tion ceased to be a party tothe national
agreement. Knsuss was one of the asso-
ciation’s best pitchers.

The Russian exhibit in the coming
World’s fair at Chicago will surpass any—
thing of the kind ever attempted bythe
government and the people of that coun-
try, and that it is likely to be the most ex-
tensive and varied of all the foreign ea-
hihita

The strange disappearance of Professor
Timothy D. Bancroft, of Brown university,
Rhode Island, has been solved. His body
hasbeen found in Dyers' pond, at Crane—
ton, R. I.

hank DeWitt Talmuge. only son of
Dr. Talmage, has made his debut as an
evangelist.

It is reported by cable that the main ob—
ject of Empress Frederick’s visit to Paris
was to obtain the Duchess Galliera's hen
quest of 82.0mm).

A cable dispatch from Rome states that
Cardinal Gibbons has been summoned to a
conference with the pope.

The celebration of Washington's birth-
day passedqnietly in New York without
parades, but marked by a number of pair
lic dinners. The day was generally ob—
served throughout the country.

A resolution has been introduced in the
house at Washington censoring Speaker
Reed for his attitude, and providing that
the speaker or any similar government
omcial who shall falsify the journal shall
be punished by impeachment, and making
the act a misdemeanor.

TRAIN WRECKERS AT WORK.

A Fireman Killed by n Leap from Illa
Engine. Sear )Iileshurg. Pa.

Airooxa. Pa, Feb. 24,—A fiendish act
was perpetrated on the llalwl Eagle Valley
railroad. near Milesbnrg, yesterday. Some
unknown person placed a stone in the
switch, and as» [MWDKPI’ train passed
over it the engine left the track, followed
by several of the coaches.

Fireman Gazette. of Tyrone, jumped
from the engine and was instantly killed.
The engineer «lid likewise. but escaped in-
jury. None of the passengers was injured,
but all were lsully shaken up. Outbree
occasions lately passengertrains have been
wrecked at this point.

 

 

The Atlantic Association Formed.

PHILADELI’IHA. Feb. Lat—An important
meeting of Xew Jersey and Pennsylvania
amateurathlelic union clubs was heldat
the Athletic club of the Schuylkill navy to
form the Atlantic armor-latic- of the
Amateur Athletic union. Thirteen clubs
were represented. The constitution and
bylaws,» submitted by the reorganiu
tion committee of the Amateur Athletic
union. were accepted without amendment,
and the following officers elected to serve
until the annual meeting in October:
President. A. ll. Panama; vice president,
W. 1". Kurts: secretory, .I. ll. McClelland;
treasurer. W. ll. llelany. Board of male
agers, ll. All-Milieu, limit. llelarly, Par-
sons, W. L‘. McPherson. .lr.; Hammer.
Kelly. Berry, McClellan-l. Fugue. Taylor
and Karla. ’

lee. George Changes Ills l'lea.

CAnIILL X. )2. Feb. eta-Rev. llarry
was brought into court for Isle

tones, be having pleaded guilty when pre-
viously smigmsl. When Georg-sweat“-
netedto stand up for sentence with
drew his former plea and pl not
guilty. lie was thrn lll'ill in fl , W.
for trial. which he was unable to furnish
and was lrmamlnl to jail. The camel
Georgeand llr. lirway will he tried at the
next wort of sessions in April.

Illa Brothers Bled In Vain.
Culcaoo. l-‘eb. eta-Sir Knight .l. 0. Dick-
erson, on whom it skin grafting operation
was tried some months ago, 132 brother
Hanna contributing skin from their arm
lobe grafted on a cancer wound in the
hope of saving the what‘s llfr.dlwlat
the Emergency hmpltal. Mr. lllckerson
seemed to improve and gain strength after
the operation was performed until a week
ago, when his stomach Mural slaolntely
to take any nourishment.
As no rs faulty rots-nee.
Beams. Feb. ot-Jf'he entire famll of
Revere, has

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Till-moraine Cores-r lame! New
York. began an inquest for the par
molybdenum-lull” for the
disaster asdlowol' info lathe railroad
tasselatlfew Yorklastrrlday. Ben

was released on 310.000 bonds furnished

arrest Friday night, and Saturday be
not to his bone in law Bevan. Be-
fore the investigation lacomplrted it can
not heosrtahlly snwud that there»
neerlsnottoblsme,batsll theevldsoes
thus far obtained by Sup-tinned»:
Shepard of the Consolidated road. iodi-
eatea that the Harlem road’s signal lass
failed to discharge the duty assigned
him. All the train men sndsnumher
«manger- who bavebsanu " .
say they heard no alarm gong. The rig-
nsl man and other employee of the Bar
lam road assert that the signal was
properly set and that the alarm gong
sounded in lbs usual way.

All the railroad ofilelalr agree that the
fire which burned a portion of the dc-
mollshed cars and roasted one or two of
the mangled nulormnates, was not

indled by coal from overturned or de'
molished stores. The y agree that the flu
caught from lbs locomotive headlight or
sparks from the locomolive. Saturday
the last body taken from the wreck was
Identified as that of W. A. Vsitnen, of
New York, a fireman on the Harlem

Engineer Fowler has refused to talk
for publication concerning the accident
until after the inquest. He says he has
no fears that he will he held on a crim-
inal charge, for he was guilty of no neg-
Inge-nee.

TOLD 11‘ A LINE 03 TWO.

lanai Worthy of Inntlnn no. nun
Quarter of cola-«lent.

A Danbury man has a daughter five
months old and a grand-daughter nearly
two years old.

Ifilo Bedwell of Qollinsvllle, who was
jilteddly Susie Adams, has made public
may of Susie’s letters to him.

Andy Welch of Hartford purchased
the brown mare lisdrona for 82,500 and
the hay filly Lurline for $2.900. at the
recent sale of trotlers in Lexington, Ky.

captain Peodleton of lfystic, who is
along-two years of age, and his wife
who ninety,celebralsd the sixty-first
anniversary of their marriage last week.

Almon Goodrich, a; Portland farmer.
has allowed his oxen to starve. One
died hatweek and the other is nearly
Mead, and the ofiicers of the Humane
society are to prosecute him.

Edgar Daniel Boone, a lion tamer, ar~
rived in Bridgeport Saturday with ten
performing lions captured by himself in
Africa, which will beaddedto Barnum’s
show. '

Harry G. Ayles. of Bridgeport, was
nearly clubbed to death Wednesday
night, by the father of a young lady
with whom he was walking. He is
now in a precarious condition.

GemgeHolmeaa liveryman of New
Ioudon, who had long been ill and had
unsuccemfnlly sought admlssion to sev-
eral hospltals, disappeared about, three
weeks ago, and has not been seen since.

lira. Iary A. Bailey. of Chester,»
old lady who lives alone. was about to
retire one evening last week, when a
rough looking stranger strode into the
house and asked for something to eat.
Ira. Bailey went into another room,
lowered a revolver, and pointing is at
the man's head, told him to leave. He
left.

Pallser. the New York architect, who
will be remembered as causing much
trouble to Connecticut postmasms sev
eral months ago, when it was discovered
that they had been trusting him for
names, etc., was before Judge Shipman
in the United States court in Hartford
Saturday and named to serve one day
to jail and pay a line of two and costs.

con-aortas Parents.

The following were issued Feb.10.
lDl. List furnished from of A.
I. Wooster, Solicitor of Patents, Bridge
Dog'gr': F Dial Brill I

l r . , row 0
machine; John 8.. Elfwr‘lhmsw 8"“.
on, sunnonlalor; Otto mailer, New
Bar propeller; Charles W. Blebbms,
New area. 8 patents. wlndow awning

frame and game; Daniel B. Howey. sad
Iron; travels ll. We, Hartford. 2
patents. apparatus for supplying com.
pressed air to pneumatic motors and our
psaderr Sherman B. Bacon, Waterbury.
clasp; lions. K. Jones, More, 8 pal-
ents, honor pie, manufacture of bolts
or pleased folly screw; Oliver loOarthy,
. handle; ll. Palmer.
thllmantlo, thread uswlader for aswv
l|“ital 8.”: J when .0031:
It ls. l
John Drummer, magnetic
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"Ihnllo-nsttalenthly."

The special feature of the larch
llomeatle loathly Is a mammal]: lith-
ogrepbed supplement oftlllsurer. The
sisal fashion departments are filled with
spring sovelllss. The number to a
perfect meal“, as complete and
attractive as any ever Issued. 'l'lre
literary features are not Wt“
lonely Illa-tum articles, elem stories
and-teases, no lo make a charming

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STABLE BERRIIIR.

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HAZELTON

Brass lfllk Cull

Hickory. (loll. Pine and
Chestnut Wood.

BILRI] III III] STRIW
‘ Grain and Feed.

Raymund Bras.
llllilll!
Slur 111g Bulls

At a Big Discount 1:

Tomakeroonrforkprlngstock. Aboafnllllaeof

DOG MEDICINES AND SPBATT‘S
DOG BISCUIT.

.‘ Don’t forget the

Bellman! and Lunch Bull!

Open every day until it p In.

30. 4 WATER STREET.

[ERR “I'Allmslnck

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C." allenlion too good line of Canned
go, or, and will sell them at low prices,
as follows When one will take sis
cans or more of any single sort, we WI”
make them yet lower, as you see. ‘Vr
nave IWI‘I'I fortunate in yelling our Call
lnrnla Canned Goods at last year’s priori-
and we are selling Ibeol at the old rates.
All goods warranted. Spoiled gooo.
ml! at tunes appvnr among the bP-l
urn-ale. 84 the spoil-d can and».
Don’t lhrow it on the sail bean; you an
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your one, if you got that here:
Corn. ..... . ............. 12c, 6 cans 68v
l'omators ............... 10c, “ Ml-
les Beans .............. l5c, " Sir
lfalrowfst Peas .......... ldc, ” 803'
Early June Pres .......... 15c. “ 80c
uccolash... ........... ..l?§e, “ 70c
Pumpkin ................ 12c, “ 05.1
tlumre' Salmon. . . . . . . . . lSC, " Cl 00
lemon ilvmng ........... 12¢, “ title
I. ma»: (SUI!) ............ 2‘h‘, .. l l5
\pncnts ................. 23'. “ l 21'»
:.l ”r m G. c Bonsai-'5". “ l 3-1
7d. E g Plums .......... 25$. " 1.35
in! Bulb ll Pran- ....... 300. " 1 fl”
‘l-ll. Cherries ............. 80c, ” 1 60
flat. Pinch" ............ 281:, “ Hill
Evaporated Apllcull ......... .... . ..24c
Evaporalvd' Apples ....... . ........ 00c Ih
lit spouted Peach"! .............. 24c ll»
Evaporated Plums ................ 18c ll»
California Prunes (flue) ........... 18:: Ill

Cnme and we about our Canned and
Dried Fruit».

fl'bbll & Bullock.
HALE’S
COUGE‘BALSAM

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Wild Cherry,
Horehound,
Tar and Tolu,
20 CENTS.

H. R. HALE

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BOYCOTT
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For. the next ten days the best 50. cent
Corset ever ofi'ered in'town for 31 pants.

Towels.
20 dozen more of those 1911136 All Linen
1 Towels, only 8 cents. 1 1 1

1 Brooms-

Good, floor Brooms only 9 cents.

. Silk.

2 spools of Sewing Silk for 5 cents. +

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‘ 37 WASHINGTON STREET.
SOUTH NORWALK, o-r.

CARPETS
Ingrain all Tapestry.
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We want ev’e one to enjoy the best cup of Tea that
be had, and wcrhave it. We defy so one to ‘ -
article of Tea at 81.00 per pound. his pure, delicate, .
Formosa Tea is placed at the polar price of 50 cents y,
and for the next ten days. ‘njoy it while it lasts. , ,
ave it in one—quarter cheats to unit families, at special ' f
FrancoAmefican French Soups at 35c per can. " 1
A big drive in Canned Goods—3 calls Sugar 00m, 250}; ‘3‘
cans Snccotash, 25c; 3 cans Tomatoes, 25c, and all otherllrill
proportion. 1 .
Our Dew Drop Canned Fruit and Vegetables are the finest
quality of goods packed. . : y -
Sperry & Barnes’ Assorted Sugar Cured Home at 120 aflb. .
1,000. pounds more of 3 crown loose California Raisins ;
which we shall close out at 3 lbs for 25c. ' "
A fresh lot of Better, sweeter and finer than ever, 4} lbs .1
Don’t be ound down with high prices; get your money’
worth right etc. All goods warranted. A. ticket with every
25 cent cash purchase, at V

CHAS. E. SEYMOUR’S

. LEADING ‘GROCER, ;
33 Washington street. - '- South Norwalh“

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THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR
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COMFORT

Everybody buys their Footwear from
that old—established and ever-popular
Boot and Shoe Hause of ” »

C. H. HARVEY,

70 North Main St., South Norwalk.‘

 

Prices are so low the goods are
sure to go.

 

 

.Selling Out!

All goods In» ur GBSTS‘ FURNBBIFG DIPlR‘f‘IlNT. Underwear and Hosiery at any price.
man go, as we will give up three departments in male M‘for our sPBlMl IlLLlNEltY.

FUR CAPES AND MUFFS

Will be sold al any reasonable price. We urn-l make room.

CORSETS.

w. ”'31);ng stock of lime lnlhe mate-ad will clue out out so no stock at far
below can. During loll-sale we will a. l our special brand. 00,de Lawn. nascent?

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SILK HANDKERCHIEFS

AND )1??le in Plain. White and ram-y man: go wuh lbs reel. Do not miss this opportunity.

MILLINERY.

All trimmed Hale and Shapes marl he sold. be reasonable o‘er refused.
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, H. KRIEGER,

Mallackemo Hotel Block, South Norwalk.

F. H. NASH & BRO.

ESTIMATEZB GIVEN ON

PLIIIRIIIR, [III FITTING, TIN all SHEET IRIIN WRRI

[I] All BILLING

VICTORY. NEW RTIIIIRRD all SILSBY’S STEIH HEATERS

wr am a ma men or
DECORATED AND PLAIN CHINA.
The Duchess and Uncle Nick Ranges,
Born set and Portable, fuel-ding New York Ranges.

A RARE CHANCE!

MAY 1. 1891,

We will give away at our store a New and Improved
N O. 8 COOKING RANGE.

With each cash purchase amounting to 26 cents between
now and May 1 we will issue to the customer a ticket The
person holding the largest number at those tickets on the
above date will ho entitled to the Range. The tickets will be
counted by perfect] disinterested us. ,

Have you tried ccker’s varieties of self-raising flours, me
as Graham, Boston Brown Bread, Yellow Sweet Corn and
Wheat Granules They are fine and our prices are as low as

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eh CO.
BRIDGEPORT.

Commence To-day a. Wonderful Sale

Colored and Blink Dress lands,

RIBDONS, RUCl-lluNGS
Genls’ Slims and Furmslmg lands,

HOSIERY AND SMALL WARES.
1,000 ends of Dress Goods, V clvets and Sarah Silks will

go at half price.
Now, Fashionable and Best Fitting Fur Trimmed Cloaka I

will go at $8 00 and $10.00, were 815.00 and $20.00.
OAIsIs AND “All!“

w. B. HAG. & co

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